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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el index a98dd60fc21..ed85bc765f7 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el @@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ This function is for compatibility; see also `run-with-timer'." "Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds. The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS. SECS may be an integer or a floating point number. +If Emacs is currently idle, and has been idle for N seconds (N < SECS), +then it will call FUNCTION in SECS - N seconds from now. If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle). @@ -425,7 +427,7 @@ This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'." (let ((timer (timer-create))) (timer-set-function timer function args) (timer-set-idle-time timer secs repeat) - (timer-activate-when-idle timer) + (timer-activate-when-idle timer t) timer)) (defun with-timeout-handler (tag) |